Ash Sutton has made it two wins out of two so far at Snetterton with a lights to flag victory.

After fighting his way to his first win of the day, this time Sutton lead from the start and then just drove away from the rest of the field in a dominant display.

The only time his lead looked under threat was when Goff’s Honda and Jordan’s BMW challenged him at Riches just after the start. Once he held them off, the win was his, Sutton explained his race;

“We’re in some real rhythm at the minute and I’m really enjoying it,” enthused Sutton. “The car’s phenomenal. We made some changes between races and if anything, it was better than it was in race one. It always helps when there’s a lot of squabbling going on behind but I’m so focused on what’s going on ahead – forget the mirrors and crack on!

It’d be a push to do it again in race three. The soft tyre isn’t as strong as everyone was expecting it to be here, and with full ballast it’ll be a real challenge but I’m up for it.

Considering where we were at the end of Brands (and the opening three rounds) I’ll take where we are now! It’s just about being consistent now and it’ll only get harder from here on in.”

Once Goff and Jordan lost touch with Sutton, they found themselves under pressure from the chasing pack which eventually swallowed them up sending them down the order. Jordan had also had a run in with Plato’s Subaru on the first lap, sending Plato into a spin and out of any chance of a good result. Josh Cook and Stewart Lines then went off in their MG and Ford Focus respectively.

This caused a safety car period while Lines stranded Ford was recovered. It was Collard and Turkington who were the big movers this time, powering up the field to end up in a battle for second place between them. Turkington came out on top of that one, taking him along the Bentley straight on the twelfth lap. Collard then had to defend from Mat Jackson who had also now passed Jordan and Goff. Turkington was pleased to have successfully passed team mate Collard;

“It’s always a lot more difficult trying to pass your team-mate!” said Turkington. “Both Andy [Jordan] and Rob [Collard] were quick at the start but I got the sense later on that they were starting to struggle; I was getting it turned in a little better. Side-by-side through the Esses is probably not advised but as a driver you’re just hungry to get as high up as you can.”

Goff and Jordan then managed to hang on to fifth and sixth respectively ahead of a charging Shedden, trying to make up for a difficult qualifying with his ballast for being championship leader. Seventh was a great result and became even better when the Scotsman was drawn second on the reverse grid for race three. It looked like being team mate Neal in eighth but James Cole’s Subaru took the place on the final lap, giving Cole the race three reverse grid pole.